Chartres, west side, left door
• First archivolt (inner): Aries, May with falconer and horse
• Second archivolt: July with wheat cutting, Cancer, August with wheat threshing
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LDS Scripture Commentary / Photos: Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, west side, left door
• First archivolt (inner): Aries, May with falconer and horse
• Second archivolt: July with wheat cutting, Cancer, August with wheat threshing
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Chartres, west side, left portal
• Tympanum - Christ ascending into heaven.
• Archivolt - Taurus, June Mows Hay, March prunes vines, Aquarius (mostly broken).
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Chartres, west side, left door, archivolt (bottom to top description)
• First archivolt (inner): Capricorn, February with warming self before fire, Aquarius.
• Second archivolt (outer): Libra, November with pig slaughter, Scorpio.
• Christ is seen in the upper left corner.
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Chartres, west side, left door
• Tympanum - Christ ascending into heaven. Angels lean down to ask the apostles "Ye men of Gallilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?"
• Archivolts - zodiac alternating with the tasks for each month
† First - INNER (left around to right)
• April with tree blossoming, Aries
• May with falconer and horse, Taurus,
• June with mowing hay,
[peak of arch]
• March with pruning vines,
• Aquarius [mostly broken], February with warming self before fire,
• Capricorn, January with two faces.
† OUTER (left around to right)
• July with wheat cutting, Cancer,
• August with wheat threshing, Leo,
• September with treading grapes [not seen here], Virgo [not seen here]
[peak of arch]
• Sagittarius, December with feasting [can just see the feast table],
• Scorpio, November with pig slaughter,
• Libra, October with pruning fruit trees?
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Chartres, south side, left.
TYMPANUM
Christ crowned between two angels. (He is the supreme or ultimate martyr.)
LINTEL
Stephen is led out of the city to be stoned, and is then stone. (Story begins on left archivolt and finisheds on right, neither shown here.)
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Chartres west side, left portal, left hand side (L - R)
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
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